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Algerian sex offender mistakenly released from Wandsworth prison arrested
Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was mistakenly released from HMP Wandsworth on Oct 29 and re-arrested after a nine-day police manhunt, police said.
- Metropolitan Police arrested Brahim Kaddour-Cherif on Friday, November 7 in Islington after a member of the public spotted him following his mistaken release from HMP Wandsworth on October 29.
- The Prison Service said the mistake occurred on October 29 when HMP Wandsworth, placed in special measures last year, mistakenly released the offender and informed Metropolitan Police six days later.
- Court records show the 24-year-old Brahim Kaddour-Cherif is a registered sex offender with an indecent exposure conviction last year, an 18-month community order, five-year register listing, and recent Westminster Magistrates' Court appearance.
- The mistake prompted a high-profile manhunt and political embarrassment for Sir Keir Starmer's Government, with David Lammy, the Justice Secretary, briefed and facing questions over another loose foreign criminal.
- The release followed another wrongful freeing five days earlier at Wandsworth prison, and Kaddour-Cherif entered legally on a visitor visa 2019 but overstayed, facing deportation proceedings.
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Foreign prisoner mistakenly released from jail arrested
The Met confirmed Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, was detailed after he was spotted by a member of the public in Islington on Friday morning. Police have arrested a foreign prisoner who was mistakenly released from jail more than a week ago, bringing the manhunt to an end. The Metropolitan Police confirmed Algerian national Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, 24, has been arrested after he was spotted by a member of the public in Islington, north London, just bef…
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